US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN on July 1 for "Knee brace" (South African Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,276, issued on July 1, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN (Cape Town, South Africa).

"Knee brace" was invented by Matthew Graham Trusler (Sandton, South Africa) and Michael Stuart Barrow (Johannesburg).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knee brace having an upper part securable about a user's thigh and a lower part securable about the user's lower leg is provided. The upper and lower parts are secured together adjacent the user's knee by a hinge. The knee brace is characterised in that a flexible tensioning element extends between the upper part and the lower part over a lobe which is secured to the upper part adjacent the hinge suc...